Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Killer Gets New Title, Date

Director Bryan Singer's long-delayed Jack the Giant Killer has been retitled and slated for a spring 2013 release.

Now called Jack the Giant Slayer, the 3D fantasy adventure will open March 1, 2013 via Warner Bros. X-Men: First Class' Nicholas Hoult plays the title role. The cast includes Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy, Warwick Davis, Eddie Marsan, and Eleanor Tomlinson as the Princess.

The film tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend--and gets the chance to become a legend himself.